From now until February 21, all attendees and professionals registering for New York Comic Con will have the opportunity to support the CBLDF's First Amendment legal work when they sign up for the show.

Animaritime, the only anime convention in the Canadian maritimes, has announced that they will be hosting a pool party, brunch, and laser tag for attendees who are staying at the Ramada Plaza hotel. The convention will take place in February.

Otaku University Inc. has announced that everyone who registers for the conference will be automatically entered for a chance to win the 'Registration for Education' $1,000 grant. The grant is a flexible cash prize that can be used for buying better educational and career oriented equipment or tuition.

Due to financial difficulties, Setsucon, originally planned as a three-day event, will now be held on Saturday, January 27, 2007 in State College, Pennsylvania. Anyone who had previously pre-registered can obtain a partial or full refund.

In celebration of Princess Tutu's American release, Ushicon will hold an event scheduled for January 27, 2007, in Austin, TX, offering fans a special opportunity to meet and interact with members of both the Japanese and American talent behind this title.

The SPJA has issued a press release to announce the "AX Travel Store". The press release states will offer discounted airfares and hotels for "trips to conventions or personal vacations". However, it should be noted Anime Expo's official hotels are already sold out and this new site does not list discount convention rates for hotels. When attending anime conventions, booking a hotel directly through each individual convention is almost always cheaper than booking on travel sites.

The Digital Narrative Arts Film Festival (DNAFF) has notified Robotech.com that they are completely out of seats to the October 21 screening of Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles. An additional screening in the Kitchener-Waterloo area has been added.

MTAC Prime, Tennessee's only anime convention, has announced that Harmony Gold and the Robotech Tour will be returning in 2007 to promote the Robotech franchise and give the inside scoop on the soon to be released Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles.

Bakuretsu Con has announced that Cynthia Martinez's appearance has been cancelled, but voice actor Chris Patton will now be attending the convention. Also, pre-registration has been extended until September 30th.

Anime Expo has announced the launch of a web site which will feature news from the convention, cosplay photos, and anime trailers. The convention has previously streamed live video from Anime Expo 1999.

Houkocon has issued a press release to announce that their mail-in pre-registration forms have been corrected and now list the correct weekend rate. The convention will still honor pre-registrations from people who had sent in the incorrect payment.

One of the biggest and most impressive visual acts in Japan, D'espairsRay, is coming to AnimeNEXT 2006 following the successful release of their newest single Kogoeru Yoru Ni Saita Hana, currently #1 on the Japanese Indie Chart.

Anime Expo 2006 Chairwoman Joyce Lim and Publicity Head Chase Wang will lead the Animation Explosion! panel on Saturday, May 6 during The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. The festival runs May 4 through 11.

AnimeNEXT attendees have sold out the Holiday Inn Secaucus Meadowlands, the Amerisuites, the Embassy Suites, and the Courtyard by Marriot in Secaucus, New Jersey. Room blocks have been added to two more hotels as a result.

Metrocon sent out four press releases this morning to announce a formal ballroom dance, their annual human chess match, the attendance of former Psycho le Cému members seek and YURAsama, and the opening of artists' alley sign-ups.

Less than a month before their convention, MatsuriCon has been forced to move to a nearby hotel due to a scheduling glitch in their former hotel's computer system that caused double-booking of hotel space with another event.

Wasabi Animusical II: Electric Boogaloo, which is a one hour performance described as "an amalgamation of anime, manga, video games, cosplay, music videos, dancing, comedy, and show tunes" has been scheduled for JACON in Orlando, Florida next month.

Anime Boston has announced that Kaiju Big Battel will headline the convention with the "bruising bouts between giant monsters, bizarre aliens, and scientific creations gone awry that have pleased fans for years."

PortConMaine has announced that voice actress Luci Christian and VG Cats web comic creator Scott Ramsoomair will be guests at New England's longest running anime convention. PortConMaine will be held June 30th through July 2nd.

AsiaVision, the live-action film label of Urban Vision Entertainment, has teamed up with Anime Expo to sponsor an "Azumi costume category" in AX's masquerade this July. It will offer prizes to people with the best costumes from the film.

Anime Expo 2006 pre-registration went online at 3:00 pm PST today. Paper mail-in forms for pre-registration will not be accepted and attendees that are unable to pre-register online will be able to register onsite during the convention during the 4th of July weekend.

Kosaikon and Zentrancon announced today that they will be merging their organizations to create Zenkaikon. The new convention will be held at the October 28, 2006 at the Valley Forge Scanticon Hotel & Conference Center in King of Prussia, PA.

Metrocon, Florida's largest anime convention, has announced an anime fan film festival. Directors, animators, and others are invited to submit original short films that are anime related to the competition.

A group called "Anime Syracuse" has announced an anime film festival to be held on Saturday, March 25th, at the Palace Theater in Syracuse, NY. In addition to the film program there will be costume contests, giveaways and Japanese pop music.

After a successful inaugural convention in 2005 - despite the arrival of Hurricane Katrina on the weekend of the event - MechaCon returns to the Hilton Lafayette August 11-13, 2006 with an all-new event dubbed MechaCon 2.0.

Wasabi Anime has announced that they will be producing a science fiction, fantasy, and anime costume contest at "FX: The Coolest Show On Earth" and "Hard Rock Live". The contest is part of the FX toy show and convention taking place January 27th-29th at the Central Florida Fairgrounds.